NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Revelation 17:3
Shepherd of Hermas Vision First
I fell asleep. And the Spirit carried me away, and took me through a pathless place,[4]
Shepherd of Hermas Vision First
I fell asleep. And the Spirit carried me away, and took me through a pathless place,[4]
Verse Revelation 17:3. _SO HE CARRIED ME AWAY IN THE SPIRIT INTO THE_ _WILDERNESS_] This wilderness into which the apostle was carried is the desolate state of the true Church of Christ, in one of the...
SO HE CARRIED ME AWAY IN THE SPIRIT - In vision. He seemed to himself to be thus carried away; or the scene which he is about to describe was made to pass before him as if he were present. INTO THE WI...
CHAPTER S 17-18 Babylon, the Harlot, and Her judgment _ 1. The description of the woman (Revelation 17:1)_ 2. The angel's interpretation (Revelation 17:7) 3. The desolation of the whore ...
REVELATION 17:1. HARLOT. WATERS: the description of Babylon in Jeremiah 51:13, thou that dwellest upon many waters, is here transferred to Rome. [Ultimately it goes back probably still further. The ma...
THE GREAT HARLOT. The sixteenth chapter presents the series of historical events that lead to the overthrow of spiritual Babylon. Our interpretation of these has been for the most part determined by t...
THE FALL OF ROME (Revelation 17:1-18) One of the seven angels, who had the seven bowls, came and spoke with me. "Come here," he said, "and I will show you the judgment of the great harlot, who sits up...
SO. And. SPIRIT. App-101. See Revelation 1:10. THE. No art., but this is often omitted after. preposition. SAW. App-133. A WOMAN. i.e. "that great city" of Revelation 17:18. SIT. sitting; as suppo...
_in the spirit_ Cf. Revelation 1:10; Revelation 4:2; Revelation 21:10. _into the wilderness_ In Isaiah 21:1 the situation of
Revelation 17:1-6 THE JUDGEMENT OF THE GREAT WHORE. HER POMP...
ΓΈΜΟΝΤΑ ὈΝΌΜΑΤΑ. אcB2 read γέμον ὀνὸματα; Text. Rec[583] γέμον ὀνομάτων with 1 Hipp[584] And[585] [583] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [584] St Hippolytus. The readings not given by T...
_BABYLON AND THE GREAT HARLOT REVELATION 17:1-6:_ The Harlot sits upon many waters or controls many people. The judgment of God against the Harlot or the spiritually corrupt Rome was certain. She was...
ΆΠΉΝΕΓΚΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΝΑΦΈΡΩ (G667) уносить, ΈΡΗΜΟΣ (G2048) пустыня, ΕΊΔΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΚΑΘΗΜΈΝΗΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΚΆΘΗΜΑΙ (G2521) сидеть, ΘΗΡΊΟΝ...
AND THERE CAME ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS, &C.— As the _seventh seal,_ and the _seventh trumpet,_ contained more particulars than any of the former seals or trumpets; so the_seventh vial_ contains more t...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 57 Text Revelation 17:1-5 And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the grea...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XVII MYSTERIOUS BABYLON SITTING UPON THE BEASTS _Text (Revelation 17:1-18)_ 1 And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, sayin...
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. THE WILDERNESS. Contrast...
__ The Temple Section-The Scarlet Woman 1 The following Chapter s (17- Rev_19:5) are a detailed expansion of the announcement of Babylon's fall in both the first and second divisions of the Temple S...
BABYLON THE GREAT HARLOT The judgment on Rome, which had been announced before, is now shown in detail. The identification of 'Babylon' with Rome, here and elsewhere in Rev., is supported (HDB.) by th...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 17 GOD DESTROYS BABYLON - REVELATION 17:1-19 THE *BEAST AND THE EVIL WOMAN - REVELATION 17:1-18...
SO HE CARRIED.... — Better, _And he carried me away into a wilderness in spirit: and I saw a woman sitting upon a wild beast of scarlet colour, teeming with names of blasphemy, having seven heads and...
CHAPTER XIII THE BEAST AND BABYLOST. Revelation 17:1 AT the close of chap. 16, we reached the end of the three great series of judgments which constitute the chief contents of the Revelation of St....
The wilderness was the traditional site of visions, but there may be an allusion here to Isaiah 21:1 or even to the Roman Campagna (Erbes). The woman in 12. is in the desert to be delivered from the d...
THE GREAT WORLD CITY OVERTHROWN Revelation 17:1 This scarlet-attired woman is that miserable attempt made in every age to counterfeit the true Church of the living God. Man does not like the religion...
We now come to the true unfolding of the nature of Babylon and the detailed account of the judgment to fall on her. The name on the forehead of Babylon commences with the word "Mystery." Babylon stand...
The woman clothed with the sun was last seen (Revelation 12:1; Revelation 12:6; Revelation 12:14) in the wilderness. So, some have concluded this must be the apostate church portrayed as a whore ridin...
(3) So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a (b) scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (3) Henceforth is pr...
(3) So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (4) And the woman was ar...
It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, that Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. It is a description, and not one o...
The Bowl Judgments I. INTRODUCTION A. We have just finished with the final seven bowl judgments of the Lord upon the earth, and the seas, and the atmosphere! 1. The earth is in total chaos and the...
The characters of Babylon are first portrayed. Like the beast, she is only one thing in the judgment but morally she is more important than all the rest. The general character is the great active idol...
SO HE CARRIED ME AWAY IN THE SPIRIT,.... Not in body, as if he was removed from the isle of Patmos to some other place; but in a visionary way, just as Ezekiel was carried between earth and heaven, in...
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. Ver. 3. _Into the wildernes...
_So he carried me away_, &c. Namely, in the vision. As Ezekiel, while he was a captive in Chaldea, was conveyed by the Spirit to Jerusalem, (Ezekiel 8:3,) so John is carried away in the Spirit into th...
INTO THE WILDERNESS; probably to be understood symbolically of the fact that her presence makes a spiritual wilderness. A WOMAN; representing this idolatrous persecuting power, who, with all deceivabl...
THE KINGDOM OF ANTI-CHRIST SYMBOLIZED BY THE GREAT HARLOT. The vision of the great harlot:...
SO HE CARRIED ME AWAY IN THE SPIRIT INTO THE WILDERNESS. AND I SAW A WOMAN SIT UPON A SCARLET-COLORED BEAST, FULL OF NAMES OF BLASPHEMY, HAVING SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS....
GREAT BABYLON EXPOSED IN VIEW OF JUDGMENT The next two Chapter s (17 and 18) deal with great Babylon, her character, her self-exaltation and her judgment. This emphasizes the solemnity of God's view o...
_ 3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns._ A. Now John is carri...
1-6 Rome clearly appears to be meant in this chapter. Pagan Rome subdued and ruled with military power, not by art and flatteries. She left the nations in general to their ancient usages and worship....
SO HE CARRIED ME AWAY IN THE SPIRIT; that is, being in _an ecstasy; _ see REVELATION 4:2; whether in the body or out of the body he could not tell, as Paul expresseth it, 2 CORINTHIANS 12:2. INTO THE...
Revelation 17:3 So G2532 carried G667 me G3165 away G667 (G5656) in G1722 Spirit G4151 into G1519 wilderness...
‘And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.' John is carried ‘in the S...
THE SCARLET WOMAN AND THE BEAST (REVELATION 17:1). This is a remarkable chapter for in it John rises above himself and foresees the inevitable consequences of history. As with all the great prophets h...
Revelation 17:3. AND HE CARRIED ME AWAY IN SPIRIT INTO A WILDERNESS. The expression ‘he carried me away in spirit' is found only here and at chap. Revelation 21:10, where the vision of the New Jerusal...
HE CARRIED ME AWAY (απηνεγκεν με). Second aorist active indicative of αποφερω, to bear away, prophetic aorist. This verb is used of angels at death (Luke 16:22) or in an ecstasy (Revelation 21:10 a...
CONTENTS: The doom of Babylon, the last great ecclesiastical order. CHARACTERS: Christ, John, 7 angels, beast. CONCLUSION: There will be in the Tribulation period a great apostate ecclesiastical syst...
Revelation 17:1. _Come_ (up) _hither; I will shew thee the judgment of the great whore, that sitteth upon many waters,_ or nations, as in Revelation 17:15; and with whom the kings of the earth have co...
THERE I SAW A WOMAN SITTING ON A RED BEAST. These verses form a picture-symbol. The red beast is the sea-beast of Revelation 13:1. It is the governments of the world as the center or focus of the spir...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 17:1 An extended vision describes the fall of Babylon. This event was announced by an angel (Revelation 14:8) and portrayed in the seventh bowl ...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 17:3 CARRIED ME AWAY IN THE SPIRIT. The Holy Spirit gave John a prophetic vision like Ezekiel experienced (Ezekiel 3:12;...
"So he carried me away into the wilderness;" sometimes he was carried away into heaven to see visions; but the thing he was about to see now had no affinity with heaven, he could not see such a scene...
THE JUDGMENT ON BABYLON _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ NOTICE that in the Old Testament, harlotry is the frequent representation of apostasy. Babylon stands for the Apostate Church, which is here f...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 17:1 AND THERE CAME ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH HAD THE SEVEN VIALS, AND TALKED WITH ME, SAYING UNTO ME; _and spake with me, saying. _Omit "unto me." This and the following c...
CHAPTER 17 - MYSTERY BABYLON EXPLAINED In the previous vial judgments, the Beast world system is destroyed. In Chapter s 17 and 18, John is taken to see much more detail about the life, deeds and end...
In chapter seventeen, we now have the specific judgment of God upon the false religious system that has damned the souls of so many men through deception. Jesus warned us to "beware of false prophets...
1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 2:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Acts 8:39; Dani
sitting. To manage and guide the beast. A scarlet - colored beast. The same as in ch. 13 1. This beast is ever after mentioned as to qhrion the beast. For scarlet, see on Matthew 27:6....
MYSTIC AND COMMERCIAL BABYLON Revelation 17:1 _and Revelation 18:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The seventeenth chapter of Revelation discusses what we call mystic Babylon; and the eighteenth presents commer...
And he carried me away — In the vision. Into a wilderness — The campagna di Roma, the country round about Rome, is now a wilderness, compared to what it was once. And I saw a woman — Both the scriptur...
Observe here, 1. That St. John was not in one continued ecstasy, but at several times IN THE SPIRIT, that is, in an ecstasy or rapture of mind, wherein his outward senses being bound up, his understan...